Our Curriculum Vision for PSHE
At Woodstone, we aim to create a happy, purposeful and supportive environment where children are empowered to become successful learners and achieve their full potential. Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education underpins our curriculum, enabling children to have the knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes they need to lead confident, healthy, independent lives and to become informed, active and responsible citizens.
Our framework for PSHE embeds four strands: Healthy Lifestyles, Relationships, Citizenship and Economic Wellbeing, which includes the statutory aspects of the Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education guidance. In addition to specific lessons, we strive to provide our children with learning opportunities across and beyond the curriculum including circle time, special school projects, trips and other activities that enrich pupils’ experiences.
We encourage children to reflect on their experiences and understand how they are developing personally and socially, tackling many of the spiritual, moral, social and cultural issues that are part of growing up. They learn to understand and respect our common humanity, diversity and differences so that they can go on to form the effective, fulfilling relationships that are an essential part of life and learning. This is all reinforced through our teaching of the British Values - tolerance of different cultures & religions, democracy, rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect.
Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education
As part of our curriculum, we provide RSE and Health education which are statutory elements of the broader PSHE subject. This begins as soon as children arrive in school and continues until the end of secondary school. To promote our partnership in developing children’s knowledge, skills and attitudes relating to RSE and health Education, we write annual letters to parents informing them of the content of the units before we deliver the lessons. We highlight the elements of the units that are statutory and those they can withdraw their child from.
Character Muscles
In addition to our traditional weekly Golden Book assemblies, the children also get the opportunity to nominate their peers for using their character muscles. Every half-term, we have an assembly to discuss two character muscles, looking at the definitions and some examples together. Children will then look out for their peers displaying these character muscles and will have the opportunity to nominate them for a character award by completing a nomination slip, outlining how they used their character muscles. We will select a winner randomly from the key stage 1 and key stage 2 nomination boxes at the end of the month before introducing two new character muscles.
Character Champions
Autumn 1 Focus Character Muscles:
Listening and Reflecting & Improving
Listening and Reflecting & Improving
Our Character Champions:
Dexter (Year 1) and Dylan (Year 3)
Dexter (Year 1) and Dylan (Year 3)
Autumn 2 Focus Character Muscles:
Enthusiasm and Independence
Enthusiasm and Independence
Our Character Champions:
Freddie (Year 1) and Thabani (Year 6)
Freddie (Year 1) and Thabani (Year 6)
Spring 1 Focus Character Muscles:
Self-control and creativity
Our Character Champions:
Nominations taking place!
Self-control and creativity
Our Character Champions:
Nominations taking place!
Wellbeing at Woodstone!
We know it is important to look after both our physical and mental wellbeing.
Check out our wellbeing board that is updated termly with top tips and strategies to promote our wellbeing. Remember, we are all unique so it is worth exploring them all to find the one that works best for you!
What's new in PSHE?
Staff Training - Everyone's Different, Everyone's Welcome - August 2024
We dedicated one of our INSET days to exploring Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. During the session, we discussed the protected characteristics outlined in the Equality Act (2010), reflecting on how we currently fulfil the Act’s requirements and identifying ways to further enhance inclusivity. Additionally, we focused on our new initiative, ‘Everyone’s Different, Everyone’s Welcome’. This whole-school approach utilises assemblies and storybooks to educate children about various aspects of difference and diversity.Black History Month - October
Black History Month is celebrated every October in the UK. It gives everyone the opportunity to share, celebrate and understand the impact of black heritage and culture. At Woodstone, alongside our whole-school assemblies around Black History Month, each class explored the lives, significant work and achievements of black people.
Anti-Bullying Week - 11th-15th November
This year's Anti-Bullying Week theme is 'Choose respect'. In addition to some fun assemblies, all classes completed a piece of work around the theme, encouraging our children to respect others. In addition to this, we participated in Odd Socks Day on Tuesday to celebrate our differences that make us unique - See some photos below.
This year's Anti-Bullying Week theme is 'Choose respect'. In addition to some fun assemblies, all classes completed a piece of work around the theme, encouraging our children to respect others. In addition to this, we participated in Odd Socks Day on Tuesday to celebrate our differences that make us unique - See some photos below.
Character Morning - 17th December
All children enjoyed mixing together with children from other classes in their Key Stages today to participate in our Character Building Morning. This involved teachers planning a fun session designed to develop one or more of our character muscles. It was lovely to see the children all working together and our older children supporting the younger children with the tasks - see photos below
All children enjoyed mixing together with children from other classes in their Key Stages today to participate in our Character Building Morning. This involved teachers planning a fun session designed to develop one or more of our character muscles. It was lovely to see the children all working together and our older children supporting the younger children with the tasks - see photos below
Useful Websites
Chat Health
https://chathealth.nhs.uk/
https://chathealth.nhs.uk/
A website which enables you to easily speak to a qualified health professional.
Childnet
Childnet works with people around the world making the internet a safe place for children.
Safety net Kids
https://mysafetynet.org.uk
A website helping children to stay and feel safe personally, at school, within their community and thinking about their well-being.
Own It
A new website from the bbc, aimed at 9-12 year olds, covering everything from online privacy and avoiding malware, to dealing with everyday dilemmas children face online.
Hi,
I'm Miss Barnes and I have the pleasure of being the PSHE and Mental Health Lead along with my other roles as the SENCo and Year 2 Class teacher. I feel very passionate about all children receiving a quality and comprehensive PSHE education as I feel it underpins all subject areas. PSHE helps to develop the qualities and attributes that children need to manage opportunities, challenges and responsibilities as they grow up, enabling them to thrive as individuals, family members and members of society. I believe a virtuous cycle can be achieved, whereby pupils with better health and well-being can achieve better academically, which in turn leads to greater success.
I am thoroughly enjoying leading this subject and I am looking forward to further developing our PSHE offer this year.
